By Noureddine Omar | 2025-09-04

Danish police sealed off the area around the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen after discovering a suspicious package, deploying bomb squads and officers in hazmat suits, Danish broadcaster DR reported.

The July incident was part of a calculated Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) campaign to destabilize Jewish communities and target diplomatic missions worldwide, security experts warned Al-Fassel.

Military analyst Yahya Mohammed Ali said Tehran has stepped up intelligence collection worldwide "with the aim of preparing for terrorist attacks as soon as the need arises."

European agencies, already on high alert after a series of missile exchanges between Iran and Israel, have responded with round-the-clock surveillance and reinforced protection of Jewish sites.

Several planned attacks in Denmark, Sweden and other European countries have been foiled, he said.

Pattern of escalation

The Copenhagen incident followed an October explosion only 500 meters from the same embassy.

Swedish teenagers aged 16 and 19 later faced charges for transporting five grenades and detonating two near the building.

That attack came shortly after a shooting at the Israeli embassy in Sweden's capital, Stockholm.

Both incidents pointed to an emerging pattern of Iranian-backed operations, investigators found.

In late June, Danish police arrested a man in the city of Aarhus accused of spying on Jewish properties in Germany for Iranian intelligence, German prosecutors said.

He had collected details on three locations "presumably in preparation of further intelligence activities in Germany, possibly including terrorist attacks on Jewish targets," the prosecutors added.

Iranian affairs expert Fathi al-Sayed told Al-Fassel that Tehran has infiltrated communities to build networks targeting Jewish and Israeli interests.

He added that it is simultaneously waging propaganda campaigns that exploit the Gaza war and broader Middle East conflicts.

The global scope of the campaign was underlined in Australia.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on August 26 that Iran was found to be behind antisemitic arson attacks on a kosher restaurant in Sydney and a Melbourne synagogue in 2024.

He condemned the actions as "dangerous acts of aggression" meant to fracture Australia's social cohesion.

Canberra expelled Tehran's ambassador -- the first expulsion of its kind since World War II -- and confirmed plans to designate the IRGC as a terrorist group, Albanese said.

The regime's shadow operations, which combine espionage, sabotage and propaganda, are no longer regional threats but a coordinated campaign that spans continents and endangers international security, the experts warned.